Equaldex

Equaldex is an online publication resource on LGBTQ rights.¹²³ Subsections of the website are a collaborative knowledge base.⁴⁵⁶ Equaldex publishes a ranking of LGBTQ rights by country and territory.⁷ As of October 2025, the head of Equaldex is Dan Leveille.⁸

The Legal Index is determined on the basis of 13 different legal issues, such as the legal status of homosexuality, the possibility of same-sex marriage, the fullness of the rights of transgender people, and so on. These issues have different weights. For example, the legality of same-sex marriage has a greater impact on the index than the ability of LGBTQ people to openly serve in the military. If different laws apply in different regions of the country, then the average value is calculated. Laws begin to affect the index only after they come into force, and not immediately after adoption, so changing the index has a delay. A complete list of criteria and coefficients is provided on the resource's website.⁹

The Public Opinion Index measures the public attitudes towards LGBTQ people. The index is calculated on the basis of polls and votes conducted by reputable organizations, using on arithmetic averages of various studies. If the survey contained a point "Do you approve of same-sex marriage?" and 56% of people answered "yes", then the value "56" will be used for the corresponding sub-item of the index. In some cases results of a survey can be used with less weight if the survey was specific or conducted among a specific group of people (for example, among representatives of a religion). Surveys over the age of 2 years are taken with less weights.⁹

The Equality Index is the arithmetic mean between the Legal Index and the Public Opinion Index.⁹

The data as of July 7, 2026:

Country or territory	Equality Index	Legal Index	Public Opinion Index
Iceland	93	96	90
Norway	88	90	87
Uruguay	87	100	74
Spain	83	100	67
Faroe Islands	82	97	68
Guernsey	82	77	87
Denmark	82	94	69
New Zealand	81	96	65
New Caledonia	80	88	71
Malta	80	100	61
Chile	80	100	60
Germany	80	100	60
Andorra	80	86	74
Puerto Rico	78	90	66
Canada	78	96	61
Australia	78	95	61
Belgium	78	94	61
Portugal	77	94	60
Netherlands	77	89	64
Cuba	77	87	66
Finland	76	86	66
Sweden	75	85	65
Brazil	75	93	56
Saint Barthélemy	74	90	—
Isle of Man	74	88	60
Jersey	74	88	60
France	74	90	58
Argentina	74	87	61
Gibraltar	73	82	63
Austria	73	87	60
Réunion	72	88	55
Czechia	72	80	64
Nepal	71	75	68
Colombia	71	92	50
Mexico	71	85	57
Switzerland	70	76	64
Ireland	70	80	59
Costa Rica	69	85	54
Liechtenstein	69	69	68
Guam	68	82	55
Cape Verde	68	55	80
United Kingdom	68	81	55
Luxembourg	67	82	52
South Africa	67	77	57
United States	67	78	56
San Marino	67	63	71
Italy	66	73	59
Greece	66	92	40
Ecuador	65	89	42
Thailand	65	63	67
Slovenia	65	81	48
Bermuda	62	74	50
French Guiana	62	89	34
Bolivia	62	87	38
Israel	62	73	51
Aruba	61	74	48
Guadeloupe	61	89	32
Martinique	61	89	32
Seychelles	61	55	66
Taiwan	59	68	51
Hong Kong	58	60	56
Estonia	58	73	44
Croatia	57	80	33
Cyprus	56	75	36
Botswana	56	60	51
China	56	45	66
Montenegro	55	75	35
Barbados	55	38	71
Timor-Leste	54	49	60
Peru	54	64	44
Philippines	54	49	59
Japan	53	57	50
Monaco	53	56	51
Fiji	52	52	—
Venezuela	52	48	56
Vietnam	51	50	53
Mauritius	51	51	52
Poland	51	58	43
Bhutan	51	51	50
India	51	48	53
Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	63	38
Serbia	50	67	33
Belize	50	56	44
Slovakia	49	65	33
North Macedonia	49	65	33
Marshall Islands	49	49	—
Hungary	49	57	40
Ukraine	48	58	39
Laos	48	47	50
Kosovo	48	66	30
Mozambique	48	49	47
Micronesia	48	48	—
Macau	47	54	40
Cambodia	47	43	51
Lithuania	47	66	28
Romania	47	60	33
Albania	47	65	28
Latvia	46	58	35
Sao Tome and Principe	46	48	44
South Korea	46	53	39
Honduras	46	58	33
Nicaragua	45	50	40
Lesotho	44	55	32
Singapore	44	39	49
Nauru	43	43	—
Angola	42	49	35
Bulgaria	42	57	27
El Salvador	41	48	35
Namibia	41	49	33
Suriname	41	59	23
Mongolia	40	62	17
Tajikistan	40	40	—
Vanuatu	39	45	34
Panama	39	43	34
Guinea-Bissau	38	40	37
Dominican Republic	38	44	33
Equatorial Guinea	38	38	—
Antigua and Barbuda	38	60	17
Guyana	37	22	53
Bahrain	37	32	42
North Korea	37	37	—
Moldova	36	64	8
Guatemala	35	38	31
Rwanda	35	38	32
Paraguay	34	38	31
Saint Lucia	34	51	17
Djibouti	34	34	—
Saint Kitts and Nevis	33	52	15
Pakistan	33	34	31
Turkey	32	32	33
Palau	32	48	16
Haiti	31	51	11
Samoa	31	31	—
Vatican City	31	31	—
Georgia	31	48	13
Dominica	31	47	14
Bahamas	30	44	16
Madagascar	29	36	22
Russia	29	35	23
Kiribati	28	28	—
Sri Lanka	28	22	34
Benin	28	40	16
Republic of the Congo	28	39	17
Belarus	27	38	16
Central African Republic	27	27	—
Eswatini	27	26	27
Trinidad and Tobago	26	25	27
Myanmar	26	14	38
Papua New Guinea	26	26	—
Armenia	25	45	5
Bangladesh	25	16	33
Tuvalu	24	24	—
Gabon	23	33	13
Kyrgyzstan	23	36	10
Grenada	23	29	17
Solomon Islands	23	23	—
Côte d'Ivoire	22	30	14
Kazakhstan	22	33	11
Kenya	21	24	19
Democratic Republic of the Congo	21	34	8
Jamaica	21	24	18
Azerbaijan	20	35	5
Uzbekistan	20	21	18
Syria	18	9	27
Palestine	18	28	8
Turkmenistan	18	18	—
Malaysia	18	8	27
Comoros	17	15	19
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	17	26	8
Jordan	17	27	6
Chad	17	20	14
Liberia	16	24	9
Lebanon	16	17	15
Ghana	15	12	18
Guinea	14	15	14
Tunisia	14	13	15
Tanzania	14	13	14
Sudan	14	9	19
Sierra Leone	13	20	6
Libya	13	8	19
Saudi Arabia	13	5	22
Algeria	13	7	19
Morocco	13	10	15
Iraq	13	3	22
Indonesia	12	13	11
Zimbabwe	12	13	10
Ethiopia	12	10	13
United Arab Emirates	11	0	23
Nigeria	11	7	15
Tonga	11	11	—
Yemen	10	4	17
Mauritania	10	4	16
Egypt	10	5	15
Burundi	10	9	10
Uganda	9	1	18
Togo	9	6	12
Niger	9	6	12
Cameroon	9	6	11
Malawi	8	12	5
Burkina Faso	8	6	10
Zambia	8	8	8
Qatar	8	6	9
Mali	8	6	9
South Sudan	7	7	—
Maldives	6	5	8
Eritrea	6	6	—
Kuwait	6	5	6
Iran	5	7	3
Senegal	4	5	3
Gambia	3	3	4
Oman	3	3	—
Brunei	3	3	—
Afghanistan	1	0	2
Somalia	0	0	—
Greenland	—	93	—
Western Sahara	—	20	—

Equaldex is a collaborative knowledge base for the LGBTQ movements.

The website's planning and development began in December of 2009. After 5 years of work, the Equaldex index went public on February 25, 2014.¹⁰

The site currently has 8 moderators: danlev, beeurd, Notdog1996, Samanthos, Ratabzoo, qcksws, Aleksander, and Unknownmiles.¹¹

One of the primary criticisms of Equaldex is that many of the data entries are not properly sourced or cited, making it difficult to verify the accuracy of the information. In Equaldex, inaccurate, incomplete, or biased information is often posted without proper fact-checking. Without clear references or links to credible sources, people may be misled by incorrect data. Users may inadvertently introduce errors or intentional misinformation, which could skew the data. For example, a claim that a certain country legalized same-sex marriage might be reported prematurely or inaccurately, causing disinformation among public.¹²¹³